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July 24, 1923 C. A. FOX

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Filed May 28 -1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 /1 IT Uli/VE V8 kmsam July 24,1,923-

C. A. FOX

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Patented July Zd, l923.

Application filed May 28,

T 0 @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Crmnnns AUcUs'rUs Fox, a citizen of the UnitedSta-tes,l and resident of the city of New York, borough ot Manhattan, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented anew andImproved Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a receptacle and aims to provide a containermore particularly in the nature of a box, such as is uti'- lized for thestorage and shipment of ar-` ticles. f

It is a well appreciated fact in connection with receptacles comprisinga lid and body portion. that in shipment, great lossesot merchandiseoccur incident tothe fact that persons are able to distort the lid andbody of the receptacle `so that they may insert their hand'in the spacethus'provided, and withdraw certain -ot the articles from the receptaclewithout breaking the sealing or attaching means retaining` the lid inAapplied position upon the'body of the receptacle.

Aside itrom this, it is well understood that a great amount ofmerchandise particularly line Silk, etc. is injured incident to theentrance of dust, moisture, etc. between the lid and body of thereceptacle.

lith this in mind my present invention aims to kprovide al receptaclecomprising` a lid and body, the elements ot which will cooperate witheach other in such a manner as to efiectually preclude the possibilityof withdrawal of any of the contents ot the receptacle without either'visibly injuring the receptacle so that the consignec will immediatelybecome aware Vofthe fact, or entirely removing the lid'trom the body ofthe receptacle, thus. necessitating the destruction .of the sealing orattachingmeans utilized :for retainingr the lid upon the body.

A. Jfurther object of my inventionjis the construction ofi av device ofthe-class` de.- scribedwhich will guard against the entrance ot foreignmatter into thel interior of the receptaclein a tar more effectivemanner than has heretotoreI been possible.

Still another' object of my invention is the construction of areceptacle which may be provided in either a ready constructed orknock-down form and which may be placed upon the market at al smallfigure.

Still other objects of my invention will. become apparent in the annexedspecification taken in connection with the drawings F igure 1 is a.perspective view of the lid and body of a box constructed-1n accordance'with my improved invention and showing the same detached from eachother.

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CHARLES AUGUSTUS Fox, or NEW YORK, N Y.

` which latter present practical embodiment-'i Figure 2 is a transversesectional view-' taken through this type of box and showing the 'partsassembled.

similar to Figure 2 but showing a slightlyV different form of boX.

knockdown form,

'65 Figure 3 is atransverse sectional View Figure 5 is a view ot thebody of the boX i 1n partly assembled condition, and.,

Figure 6 illustrates a detail of construe-` tion utilized in connectionwith vthe type ot box illustrated in Figure3.--

Referring now more particularly to Figures 1 and 2`it will be seenthatthe refer? .ei'icenumeral 10 indicates a lid of any desired shape'and lmaterial which is rtobe associated with the body 11 of areceptacle,

the latter being cfa shape corresponding to the lid 10 and being also ofany desirable material, and preferably including in the usualvmanner,anapron12 which 1s over--y lapped and encircled by the body of the lidl0.

Contrary to thev conventional` construc-` tion it will be seen thatthe-apron 120i the receptacle is preferably spacedtro'm the upf per edgeot the hodyll thereof by yanysuit- 'able means such vas. byA utilizingv,corner piecesor flaps 13 `interposed between the two and thus -a spaceis presented suitable vforv the reception ot integral tongues 14'adapted to extend inte the space thus provided, as has been indicated in'Figure 2.

rlhusit will be obvious thatjthe lid may be readily associated withv thebody of lthe box, the tongues extending as a-orestated into thespaceexisting betweeny the apronlQ and the body 11 otthebox andthe free,edgel leo of the rim `ot the lid engaging.theadjacentfj yedgesoftheflaps 13 tofsupportv'thelidin position. Upon suitable tying means suchas cord, retaining the lid in applied position, upon the body of thebox, it will be obvious that a person will be unable to insert his handbetween the lid and the apron 12, and so into the body of thereceptacle, by virtue of the fact that the tongues l14 will prevent thisbeing done. entrance is to be gained into the receptacle Thus if anunauthorized.

it will -be necessary for a person to primarily insert his handdownwardly into the space existing between the Iapron 12 and body 11,thence upwardly along the apron 12 between the upper edge of the 'sameand the inner base of the box lid, and so into the body of thereceptacle. Obviously this would be impossible and thus the difficultyheretofore experienced in shipment will be precluded. Y

It will be understood that the entrance of foreign matter into the bodyof the receptacle is also precludedby this construction inthat it willbe virtually impossible for any quantity of foreign matter to fols low acourse aforedescribed. f

Where a knock down box is provided, the lid of which has beenillustratedinvligure 4, it will be seen that this lid 15 may be of anydesirable type and material and may incorporate any interlockingconstruction (not shown). As in the lid shown in yFigure 1, this type oflid is also formed with tention is invited to Figure 5 and it will beseenv in this figure that abox 19 o-f conventional knock downconstruction is utilized'with the exception however. that tabs 1S areprovided in the upper edges of the same, these tabs having their endsterminating in flaps 19, and slots 2O being cut in the side walls of thebox. The` lid isnow folded to its complete form and the same operationis resorted to in connection with the body of the box. liner21 shown inFigure 6 is now bent atl the lines of folding, and it is to be notedthat the slots 20 formed in this liner are of sufiicient length toaccommodate the body of the tabs 18. Thus, as has been shown in Figure3, the tabs 18 are passed through the slots 22 and the flaps 19 aresubsequently spread out'so as to lock the body of the box and thelinerwith respect to each other, the latter element providing -an apron 23corresponding to the apron 12 ofthe box illustrated in Figures 1 to 3.

It will be noted in this construction thatl Thus .it will be seen thatall of the objects Y .to provide recesses, alid, tongues forming anintegral part of the lower edge .of said' lid, said lid-being adapted tohave its lower edge rest upon the upper edge of said body portion andencircling the upper part of said apron, said tongues being adapted toextend into the Lrecesses extending between said body portion and apron.

2. A box comprising tray-lille sections, a lining fitted within the rimof one section over which the rim of the other section is adapted tofit, and securing elements en-y gaging through the first namedk rim andlining, one rim having extension aps to overlap the other.

3. A box comprising tray-lil e sections, a lining secured within the rimof one sec- .tion and over which the rim of the other thereof andliningagainst which the edge of the second named rim is seatable when fittedon said lining, the first named rim y having portions to overlap thesecond named rlm.

a lining secured within the rim of one section and over which the rim ofthe other section is adapted to lfit, the first named rim khaving flapsextending between ysaid rim g, said flaps being arranged to provide.seats for the edge of the second named rim when fitted on said lining,the

and linin 0' Afirst named rim having portions to overlap the secondnamed vrim.

5. A tray-like box section having a rim and a lining secured within saidrim and adapted to have the rim of another traylike section fittedthereon, the first named 4. A box comprising tray-like sections,VVV

rim having flaps securing the walls thereof together and disposedbetween lsaid walls

